1
: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television : motion picture
watched a movie after dinner
a movie about the Civil War
an action movie
2
movies plural
: a showing of a motion picture especially in a theater
went to the movies last Friday
also
: a theater that shows movies
What's playing at the movies?
3
movies plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture medium or industry
Examples of movie in a Sentence
He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies
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While some sleep or watch movies, a small group plays poker.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
The over-all effect is like watching a movie that’s supposed to be set in the nineties and spotting a Tesla in the background.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
That it was made available free to anyone with an internet connection, via the CNN website, was a nice gesture to theater fans, Clooney stans and anyone interested to see how a movie about television translates into a play about television.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
But surprisingly, at present, Ballerina has a 94% audience score, which is well above some of the past movies and even inches past John Wick 4.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
The over-all effect is like watching a movie that’s supposed to be set in the nineties and spotting a Tesla in the background.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
That it was made available free to anyone with an internet connection, via the CNN website, was a nice gesture to theater fans, Clooney stans and anyone interested to see how a movie about television translates into a play about television.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
But surprisingly, at present, Ballerina has a 94% audience score, which is well above some of the past movies and even inches past John Wick 4.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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movie
noun
mov·ie
ˈmü-vē 
2
a
: a story represented in motion pictures
b
pl : a showing of a movie
went to the movies yesterday
3
plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture industry
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